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Hello my 2 yr old hybrid hen is not eating properly, is losing weight, and unless approached just stands with her tail down and her head in to her neck. She will move if approached with her tail up. If I put Apple out she will eat this but not endlessly. The same applies to corn. She used to eat...

Hello. For over a week one of my chickens has been poohing a milky liquid pooh. The part two days her pooh looks like this. Milky with a yellow coloring. The chicken appears in generally good health and is eating lots. She may have lost a little weight but is moving fine. She eats layers pellets...

Hello. This is not your average post about a chicken with funny pooh. I have a bluebell that appears in good health, if not a tiny bit underweight. For 2 weeks now she hasn't laid more than 2 eggs and she has gone from yellow frothy pooh to very loose milky pooh with yellow in it, and one pooh...

hello. I have recently noticed my buff orp is losing feathers by the barrow load. This has probably been happening for two weeks. I have noticed feathers all over the garden. Mainly smaller ones. I put this down to moulting. She hasn't laid for 3 weeks. It is Summer here in the U.K. And the last...

Hello, I have recently noticed my 8 month old buff orpington has been leaving traces of blood on her eggs. I did some research and this lead me to visually examine the vent area. I found the general area to be very dry, almost eczema like. There is one small scab on the bottom part of the vent...

Hi I've noticed this red marking on one of my chicks. She is 28 weeks and has alwAys has a bare behind. She is the head of the pecking order. I have never seen her feathers getting pecked or have ever found any feathers from her in the coop or pen. I wonder if she is removing her own small...

Hi. I have got a couple of chicks that have been laying decent eggs for a few months but the last two days that has changed. One has laid two eggs in the last two days that were so soft that they have split in the nest box. The other laid a very soft shelled one today. The other three are still...

Hi. I've been a little concerned in the last few days with one or more of my five chickens passing yellow pooh. Research bought me across blackhead. This morning I've had a look at my chickens. 3 have bright red combes and wattles. But I noticed a darkening on the other two (black rock and...

Hi. I have 5 hens. 4 are laying. One is a few weeks off laying. One of the layers is regularly having quite bright yellow poohs. I have attached a pic. None of my hens are lethargic. They all seem to have good appetites. The love in a coop and pen but quite often spend time in my large garden. I...

Had my first egg from my leghorn yesterday. She has just laid another at 5pm today. But the shell was very soft. It wasn't hard at all. Is this down to calcium deficiency or just because she is new to laying. She is down the pecking order but there is always a feeder of layers pellets available...

Hi. This is a common egg I get from my black rock or speckled. I just want to check that the white marking are not a sign of any nutritional deficiency.

I have just found my 19 week old rir rooster walking funny/uncoordinated and sitting lob sided. Two hours before he was fine. Now seems distressed. I placed him in the coop and he couldn't settle. I have sprayed quite a lot of anti peck spray on him today. Could this be the cause ?

Hello. I have noticed that my rir roo is constantly having his rear feathers peckedby two hens. They don't seem to be gripping the feathers or pulling them out, but they constantly are pecking at the feathers. It does seem to irritate my rir who walks and walks. But the two peckers simply...

Hi. I've just come home and found my 16 week old leghorn with blood down his neck. He was in my chick pen with 5 others (3 are 24 weeks and two are 16 weeks ). On examining her neck I found an open wound. This has been caused by pecking or being attacked by another. I have seen one of the older...

Hi. I've just come home and found my 16 week old leghorn with blood down his neck. He was in my chick pen with 5 others (3 are 24 weeks and two are 16 weeks ). On examining her neck I found an open wound. This has been caused by pecking or being attacked by another. I have seen one of the older...

Apologies if it's an obvious answer but I'm new to all this. I have one or two laying hens at present and a 16 week old cockerel. Is there any issue with keeping the roo with laying chickens. I just want eggs to eat. I'm concerned that eggs may get fertilised and this will affect whether I can...

I found this little egg in the middle of the pen today in the ground. There is a coop with nesting boxes but this hasn't been used. I have a black rock and bluebell at Pol, and a Orpington and white leghorn at 17 weeks. Any ideas ?

I'm hoping this bluebell and black rock are girls. I bought them as Pol but not laying yet [/IMG]

I posted pics of my rir a few weeks ago and several people here sat on the fence. So at 16 weeks old there is no crowing or dominant behavior. So any ideas here ?

My only laying hen has Laid her egg on the coop floor, underneath the perches. It has hAppened two days running. Previous To this she laid in a nesting box. Any ideas or tips ????